I felt the beginnings of an earthquake too, but ignored the signs... didn't run for cover when I should have... when I could have salvaged something of myself. Instead I just stood there and let it swallow me whole.

We prairie people don't have much knowledge of earthquakes, but I am on a deep personal level with tornadoes, which really are just a neighbor of a an earthquake and mess up your soul just as much. Except they don't break things nearly as much as they just move them to where you can't see them anymore....